Famous fans and collaborators pay tribute to James Earl Jones, the award-winning actor and impressive voice of Darth Vader, who died on Monday at the age of 93. “James was an incredible actor, a unique voice in both art and spirit. For nearly half a century he was Darth Vader, but the secret behind it […]
CLEMSON, SC (AP) — Former Clemson receiver Diondre Overton, a reserve player for the national teams in 2016 and 2018, has died. He was 26 years old. Clemson announced Overton’s death on Saturday. A university official said the school learned of Overton’s death and contacted police in Greensboro, North Carolina, to confirm his death. Clemson’s […]
Actor James Earl Jones, an impressive stage and screen presence whose commanding voice shaped the Star Wars villain Darth Vader, has died. He was 93 years old. Jones, who had suffered from diabetes for many years, died at home on Monday, said his agent Barry McPherson. He was surrounded by his family. Pioneer Jones, who […]
NEW YORK (AP) — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon on stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93. His agent Barry McPherson confirmed that Jones died at home […]
James Earl Jones, an impressive screen presence, achieved greater fame off-camera than the sonorous voice of star Wars Villain Darth Vader and Mufasathe kind leader in The Lion Kingdied on Monday. He was 93 years old. Jones, who rose to fame in 1970 with his impressive, Oscar-nominated performance as America’s first black heavyweight champion in […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rich Homie Quan, The Rapper from Atlanta who rose to mainstream fame with the trap singles “Type of Way” and “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)”, has died. He was 33. Quan, whose real name is Dequantes Devontay Lamar, died at an Atlanta hospital, the Fulton County coroner confirmed to the Associated Press. […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sybil Haydel Morial, civil rights activist, widow of New Orleans’ first black mayor, Ernest “Dutch” Morial, and mother of former Mayor Marc Morial, has died at age 91. Her family announced her death Wednesday in a statement issued by the National Urban League, whose president and CEO is Marc Morial. Details […]
James Darren, the former teen star and pop singer who played dreamy surfer Moondoggie in three Gidget films before appearing on television The time tunnel And TJ Hookerdied on Monday. He was 88 years old. Darren died in his sleep at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son Jim Moret, a correspondent for Inside […]
The Bible is displayed in the library at Bixby High School in Bixby, Oklahoma, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Joey Johnson) By SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s Bixby School District has a lot to offer a fast-growing Tulsa suburb: a state-of-the-art new high school scheduled to open by 2025, a […]
By Mary Jane Pitt Last Thursday evening (August 14), Black Rock Forest Executive Director Isabel Ashton, who lives on the preserve’s property, was walking her dog when she noticed something unusual – smoke and flames – and immediately called 911. It turned out that a fire had broken out in the maintenance shop at Black […]
